#72BBBD#72BBBD

#72BBBD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.073 H 197.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#72BBBD
RGB	rgb(114, 187, 189)
HSL	hsl(182, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(182, 40%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.7%, 1.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, -22.22, -8.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 23.68, 200.24°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0696 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.073 197.9)
XYZ	xyz(33.8916, 42.7898, 54.6076)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#72BBBD #BD7472

analogous

#72BD9A #72BBBD #7296BD

triadic

#72BBBD #BD72BB #BBBD72

tetradic

#72BBBD #9A72BD #BD7472 #96BD72

square

#72BBBD #9A72BD #BD7472 #96BD72

split-complementary

#72BBBD #BD7296 #BD9A72

monochromatic

#3A797B #4DA2A5 #72BBBD #9CCFD1 #C5E3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#72BBBD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#72BBBD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #72BBBD

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##72BBBD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##72BBBD	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B5BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4ABBE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#51C0BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #72bbbd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(114, 187, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.073 197.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ecfd0',
    500: '#72bbbd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #72bbbd;
$custom-light: #9ecfd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#72bbbd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 114,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.6,
    "s": 36.232,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74517,
    "c": 0.07312,
    "h": 197.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#72BBBD

secondary

#D4B8B7

accent

#5F5CCC

background

#FAFCFC

surface

#F3F9F9

border

#CDD2D2

text

#0F1414

muted

#7F8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #72BBBD

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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